Beltway Boxers Getting TV Exposure!

Dan Rafael of ESPN.com is reporting that three Beltway Boxers will be seen on national TV in the next two months. Two of those appearances will happen on the same evening.

On Friday, April 16, DC heavyweight contender Tony "The Tiger" Thompson (33-2, 21 KO's) will take on Jason "Big Six" Estrada of Providence, RI (16-3, four KO's) in a 10-round bout that will appear on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights. Thompson is coming off a ninth-round TKO of Chazz Witherspoon on December 5 in Atlantic City. This will be the fourth national TV bout for Thompson. Estrada lost a 12-round unanimous decision to Tomasz Adamek for the IBF International Heavyweight title on February 6 in Newark, NJ.

Later on the same night, undefeated Salisbury, MD middleweight Fernando Guerrero will headline a show at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury and his appearance will be on Showtime's "Shobox" series. Guerrero (17-0, 14 KO's) will battle Michael "Midnight Stalker" Walker of Chicago, IL (19-3-2, 12 KO's) in the 10-round main event.

Guerrero is coming off his fourth-round stoppage of Jessie Nicklow on his last ShoBox appearance on December 18 in Hinkley, MN. This will be Guerrero's fifth national TV appearance. Walker has lost his last two and three of his last four. Walker's last two bouts were eight-round unanimous decisions to Derrick Findley and Daniel Jacobs.

We'll have more on the Salisbury card, but slated to appear on the non-televised undercard are Alex Guerrero, Dominic Wade and Ty Barnett.

Then on Friday, May 7 in El Paso, TX, undefeated Brandywine, MD heavyweight Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell is slated to face fellow heavyweight prospect Ashanti "The Boss" Jordan of San Francisco, California in a 10-rounder that will appear on ESPN2, Mitchell's second time appearing on the network.

As of now, Mitchell (15-0-1, nine KO's) is still scheduled to appear on the April 2 card at the Washington Convention Center in an eight-rounder against Ryan Thompson. We will check to see if that bout still holds.

Jordan (10-1, seven KO's) is coming off his first pro loss -- a six-round unanimous decision to undefeated Joe Hanks on August 27 in Irvine, CA.